Surreal. It’s one of those words like insane or awesome that’s taken a beating from aggressive misuse. I’ve heard the term applied to both a bus driver wearing a funny hat and the sight of the second ...

Not quite an example of winning through intimidation, the exhibition “Drawing Surrealism” partly persuades through the sheer volume of its offerings — distinctive, once wildly avant-garde and now ...

It is one of the legacies of Freud that we see scribbles on paper as revealing something about the unconscious mind of the person who drew them. A new show organized by the Morgan Library’s Isabelle ...

André Masson, “Allégories féminines” (“Feminine Allegories”) (circa1925). Ink on paper, 15 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches. Private Collection, Paris.Courtesy Jean-François Cazeau, Paris, France. (Image via ...

Every person likes some form of art — whether it’s music, movies, or paintings. Then, within each form, there are plenty of styles to choose from. When it comes to painting styles, they range from ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Surrealism is a condition, a sensibility, a political attitude. It was also a movement whose only goal ...